If you have any issues please feel free to contact VCFA IT Department. Your Mac Mail account is now set up to work with your email account. Click the ‘Next’ button.įor the Outgoing Mail Server leave the Port blank and put a check in the Use SSL box. You will be prompted by Mac Mail for additional account information.

When you are done click the ‘Next’ button.įor an SMTP Server enter in ’’ and enter in your User Name and Password. Enter in 993 for the port and check the box next to SSL. You will need to let Mac Mail know what Port to use to get your email and that your connection is secure. Mac Mail will prompt you that it needs additional account information. The type of account you will be using is ‘IMAP’. Mac Mail will prompt you that it needs to configure your account manually. On the first window of the wizard click on ‘Add Other Mail Account…’ and click the ‘Continue’ button.Įnter in your full name, your email address and the password for your email account and click the ‘Next’ button. If this is your first email account on Mac Mail the wizard will start automatically. Click the plus ('+') button on the bottom left hand side of the window to start a new account. If you already have an account on Mac Mail you will want to go to Mail -> Preferences -> Accounts.

Now you can just select your alias in the list when you compose a new message.Setting up your email account on Mavericks 10.9 Mac Mail Fill in the code in the popup modal, and you are all set! You will receive an email from GMail asking you to confirm ownership with a code. Set your forwarded email (your alias) and your sender’s name. Then, select “Add another email address you own” under Aliases. Go to Gmail -> Settings -> Accounts and Import. Copy and keep for later! Create an app password Select “Mail” under app, and “Mac” under device. Google will verify your ownership with this app password. If it’s not, follow the link below and set it up. To counter this, we now offer a custom SMTP solution with all our premium plans where you don’t need to rely on Google.įor this method to work, you need to have two factor authentification enabled for your Google account. At some point, they could disable this functionality. Just so you know… This feature is a relict of an old function Google use to provide.

It only takes a minute to setup! Any questions? Contact us. Set up Google account 2-factor authentication by showing steps: Tap Get Started on the main Google 2FA page (Image credit: iMore) Enter your Google email and password (or just your password, if youre already logged in to Google). It is possible to add any ImprovMX alias as a sending email on Gmail. Visit Googles 2-Step Verification page and click on Get Started.

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